Nicholas Carlyle, on 06 May 2013 - 04:01 PM, said:
Once every light mech is able to use Streak's, the Jenner comes out on top. A Raven with a little luck could beat a Jenner.
But Spiders and Commando's are going to have a very hard time.
If Streak's start working again, guess what? Highlander's can carry 3 of them. 3 volley's and the Spider is dead; no aiming necessary. And then he can still sport an AC/20 and 2 PPC's along with the Streaks.
That is why this poor state of IW/EW and Scouting is bad. Light mechs shouldn't have been frontline fighting mechs, but that's what we expect from them now.
Truth.
It's almost like we haven't seen this all before. *Boggle*. Before ECM Jenner-D's were THE light mech. That was why we said no to Jenners getting ECM. Not because we were thinking "Oh no, Jenners can stop LRMs now!" It was because Jenners with SSRMs flat out outclass every other light mech for firepower, speed, and maneuverability. ECM was the only way Ravens and Commandos (and Spiders) could compete with them.
Now it looks like we are going to go full circle with this. *sigh*